The night is solemn, and the rain and dew are beginning to appear.

Runzhi and the three of them were in Pu Songling's house, the candle shadows were fluttering, the lights were bright, and Pu Songling had a long conversation all night, only to hear Pu Songling continue:

It is said that his official position is through the elders of his family, and he greeted the state officials in advance and bought off the relationship with a large amount of money. Originally, the state government officials were ready to give the position to a young man Chen Baoxiang, who was the first in the local township examination according to the process, and was ready to return to his hometown to make a difference, but because of the outbreak of illness in the old mother at home, this person wrote a document to the local state government in order to return home to take care of his mother temporarily, requesting that the arrival time be postponed, but the state government officials did not reply. However, on the second day after the time of the prescribed report, he suddenly wrote a letter to the imperial court, saying that Chen Baoxiang did not respect the rules and did not abide by discipline, and it was not enough for a county magistrate to request that his official position be removed and replaced with a new candidate, but because this Chen Baoxiang's teacher was in charge of the affairs of the imperial court in this regard, it was not approved. Later, the state officials of this place thought that Chen Baoxiang had given up this position, so they secretly ordered Yu Minghui to come to take up his post temporarily as Chen Baoxiang, wanting to hide from the world. Later, when the real Chen Baoxiang went to report, he found that his hometown had been replaced. Although there were people in the imperial court of this Chen Baoxiang, there were people in the local area who knew about him, and sure enough, his appeals in the local state capital were all rejected, and the local state officials were afraid of trouble, so they treated him as a fake person, and warned him that if he messed around again, he would be arrested and sentenced. ”

Pu Songling drank a small sip of Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao tea, added a small piece of Dongpo meat slices to eat, ate some plum cabbage button meat, and drank a sip of stewed pigeon soup, then said slowly:

This Chen Baoxiang was desperate, so he had to rewrite a book to his teacher Feng Wuzhong in the imperial court. This Feng Wuzhong is the secretary of Dali Temple in the imperial court, responsible for the final review of all criminal proceedings in the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time, this Feng Wuzhong also served as the secretary of the criminal department, and other important ministers of the court, such as Weng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Zhiping, and Cheng Baowen, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, are very good brothers. Feng Wuzhong was extremely influential in the DPRK, and originally according to Feng Wuzhong's suggestion to Chen Baoxiang, he was asked to serve directly in the capital at the beginning, and it was even easy to directly become a government official in the capital. But Chen Baoxiang insisted on returning to his hometown, saying that he had learned some knowledge now and wanted to go back to repay his hometown and do what he could for his hometown. Feng Wuzhong saw that Chen Baoxiang had made up his mind, so he didn't persuade him anymore. After seeing Chen Baoxiang's letter, Feng Wuzhong immediately gave Chen Baoxing a letter, asking Chen Baoxiang to go to the capital, and a county in Beijing happened to lack a position to learn Taoism. So Chen Baoxiang came to work in the capital, and the original job was occupied by Yu Minghui. ”

Pu Songling and the three of them listened very carefully, as if they had forgotten many troubles in the mortal world, and listened to their speeches without distraction, so they were very moved in their hearts, so they continued:

This Chen Baoxiang was later provided several times in the capital because of his outstanding ability, and he has become the editor-in-chief of the Hanlin Academy and a member of the cabinet, responsible for the daily operation of the Imperial Military Aircraft Department, and is one of the people closest to the current Shengshang. It is said that since this straw bag Yu Minghui became the entire county order, he has been thinking about the way to make money all day and night, and he has thought about taking advantage of it, so that he regards the county order as a cash cow, and all the people who go to the county government to fight lawsuits will inevitably be exploited. And he got a huge amount of benefits from it, so he bought a large number of local properties and married dozens of local beautiful wives and concubines, but his behavior made the locals hate him to the core, and he wanted to skin and crush this person."

When Runzhi heard this, it seemed that something suddenly sounded in his mind, and his mood was naturally very emotional, only to see him say lightly:

"Such corrupt officials, contempt for the king's law, so greedy and perverted the law, presumably the final outcome must be difficult to end well, after all, the world is so big, this mortal people are standing in this world with their contributions, originally an official, his duty is to serve the people wholeheartedly, is to integrate himself into the daily life of the people, to provide various conveniences and public facilities for the people's lives, so that our surrounding environment is better, but this person is just money as the reason for being an official, This beginning was so deformed, and it is understandable that there were so many incredible things later, but the harm caused by such corrupt officials and corrupt officials is far greater than that of more than tens of thousands of bandits."

When Haozi heard this, he also came up and said:

If you give up the pursuit of your personality and ideals because of the pleasure of the moment, then this is the real gain outweighs the loss, the so-called rich can not be lewd, the poor can not be moved, the mighty can not be bent, since ancient times those who have lost their choice because of money, will eventually regret it. After all, this money is a ruthless thing, how many gentlemen and beauties, virtuous and respectable people, are driven by money, and they say their best things, but in the end it is still a bamboo basket for water. In fact, as a benevolent person, this person lives in this time, and the money is enough for basic consumption, and the greed that needs to be plain and unprovoked is not enough to swallow the elephant, so that in the end, the gains outweigh the losses? It seems that this Yu Minghui is ignorant."

Cheng Hanyun listened to it and felt that what Haozi said was indeed half-truth, true and illusory, so he raised his head and said:

"In fact, this Yu Minghui is also a very shrewd person, he naturally calculated his life, so on the way to his future goal, money is the only option, in its view, money is everything, in this world, as long as you master money, then you can continue to do whatever you want to master the world, and you can get greater economic benefits."

Through the small screen window, it was already deep outside, and the cries of those chirping cicadas were much quieter.

A new moon hung brilliantly above the sky, and the vast sky was so mysterious and magnificent.